For this week, I picked pause because the first step to being patient is being able to slow down and take things one step at a time. If I don’t pause, and I just jump into action, I can’t do that. Patience is slowing down. Patience is completely stopping where needed. I like the idea of pause because it’s not stop. It implies that there will be a resume coming soon. It implies intentional slowing down.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is supposed to be the pause sign from a VCR or DVD player, music, etc.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
A new month is a new theme. Since I have yet another long trip this month, I decided Patiently would be a good goal for this month. I could certainly use more patience. And it’s one of the core requirements of listening, if you ask me. So my intent this month is to slow down. To really be patient and slow and calm. This is not typical for me and it will not be easy but I hope to stick with it.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is supposed to be an hourglass.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
For this week, I picked ask. Part of being creative is asking more, asking differently, asking others for their perspective. Asking (instead of telling) opens up my world, allows it to have other possibilities. It also prolongs the listening. If I am asking, I am not talking, I am listening to the reply. I am asking more, deeper, differently. I like all these options. I like the idea of choosing to ask and not tell. That’s my plan this week. Ask differently. Ask more. Ask.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is supposed to be a man holding up a question mark.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
For this week, I picked opposite. Sometimes, when thinking about a situation or when faced with something I’ve dealt with many times before, what helps is thinking in a completely opposite way to what my instincts or my past behavior might suggest. I like the idea of doing something completely different and seeing what happens. That’s my intent this week.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is supposed to be two arrows pointing opposite ways.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
For this week, I picked what else. As in what else is there here? What else could I be listening for? What else could they be saying? What else am i missing? What else am i assuming? What else could this person be trying to communicate? What else could be going on? What else, what more, what different is here? The goal this week is to go deeper. Look for more, different, look beyond.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is supposed to be mountains to imply looking beyond something. Looking for other things on the horizon.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
So the first part of being creative is changing my perspective. Listening from a completely different perspective. Slowing down and seeing other possibilities. Stopping my default reaction to things. Really taking the time to look at things multiple ways. Each time an opportunity to listen arrives, I will be asking, what would other perspectives look like here? What’s his/her perspective? What’s mine? Is there another?
The fun lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is from this awesome pin.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
A new month and a new intention. This month, I wanted to do something fun so I decided to pick Listen Creatively. How can I change things up? How can I look at the same thing differently? Can I get creative with my listening? What would that look like? What would that sound like? I am not sure what to expect from this month, but I am open to being creative with it.
The creative lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is supposed to be watercolors.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
For this week, I picked walk. Park of listening actively is changing my location and not sitting and listening while I am on the computer, etc. When I take a walk with either of my sons, I listen so much better. I am present, I am paying attention only to them and I listen. So my intent this week is to take more walks. To engage with my family as I walk.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image is from this pin by the awesome Inslee.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
For this week, I picked reach out. Park of being active, for me, is learning to reach out to others and creating my own social activities. Reaching out to friends, acquaintances, potential friends, or even colleagues. It’s easier and sometimes more enjoyable for me to sit at home, alone or with my small family. So being active is about making the effort to reach out and not waiting for others to.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is a hand reaching. Alas, hands are hard to draw!
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
For this week, I picked engaged. One of the parts of being active for me is to be more engaged in all areas of my life. When with my kids, at work, when talking to Jake, when out in social situations, and even when alone, I want to be more engaged. I want to be fully present. I want to be very conscious of this very moment. I want to be in it. So engaged it is.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is an eye. I wanted it to look like it was looking you in the eye as in engaged but it looks tired and sleepy to me.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
A new month comes with a new category of intention. What I wanted to pick for may was to listen actively. I like the idea of being more active, more outside, more engaged in the spring and summer. I think that I have a tendency to be stagnant, especially in the winter, so I love the idea of being more active.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is a ballerina, when I think of being active both physically and mentally, I think a ballerina represents both.
I really dislike how the spacing worked out in this one. Too much space to the right of the legs and the letters are crunched up. I also don’t like how the legs are softly colored and the lettering is bright black. It just seems off.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
For this week, I picked something fun that i know I can always do more: play. I find that while I do some fun things, I do not play as much as I would like to. Well, that’s not really true. I play a lot on my own. Drawing, painting, classes, these are all acts of play for me. But I would like to play more with my kids. I would like to listen to the things they like to play. I would like to listen to them play. I would like to hear the sounds of play. I love this one.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is hop scotch.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
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monthly projects from previous years
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